Vigil held for 4-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved to death by his parents [Video]

NEW YORK (AP) – Residents in New York’s Harlem neighborhood are remembering a 4-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved to death by his parents.

Community members lit candles and released balloons during a Friday night vigil in front of the apartment building where prosecutors say Jahmeik Modlin was found so severely malnourished that he weighed just 19 pounds.

A prayer service and wreath laying ceremony that included members of the child’s extended family and Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network was also held Saturday outside the apartment, where an impromptu memorial has been growing.

Prosecutors say 4-year-old Jahmeik Modlin was so severely malnourished that he weighed just 19 pounds. His parents have been charged in his death.(Source: WABC, National Action Network via CNN)

Modlin died Monday morning at a Harlem hospital after being found unconscious and unresponsive by police last Sunday night.

The boy’s parents, Nytavia Ragsdale and Laron Modlin, have been arrested and charged in the death.

Ragsdale was …